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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3041-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3041-2024
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28 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 28 Jun 2024

The fate of fixed nitrogen in Santa Barbara Basin sediments during seasonal anoxia

Xuefeng Peng, David J. Yousavich, Annie Bourbonnais, Frank Wenzhöfer, Felix Janssen, Tina Treude, and David L. Valentine

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Biologically available (fixed) nitrogen (N) is a limiting nutrient for life in the ocean. Under low-oxygen conditions, fixed N is either removed via denitrification or retained via dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia (DNRA). Using in situ incubations in the Santa Barbara Basin, which undergoes seasonal anoxia, we found that benthic denitrification was the dominant nitrate reduction process, while nitrate availability and organic carbon content control the relative importance of DNRA.
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